St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-15
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Some Vegetable Experience.


the way of garden vegetables this sea-
son. Among those which we tried for
the first time. the dwarf Flageolet bean
d worth mentioning. 1t il wax bean
Of unusual length OF pod. The plants
are vigorous and productive. and alto
gcther We consider It the best wax bean
We have tried.
| The Italian onions are not new, but
| few In the South arc aware how easy
1t Is to get good supply a onions
from seed the first season BY using
these Italian sorts. BY the time our
onions. which werc grown from sctA
had al been used. the Queen onions
/ were large enough for the table. and
have 6een in use since the last week In
June.
The new Eclipse beet we do not like
Is well for an early sort as the
Egyptian. It does not. however. get so
poor in quality - the season advances.
This variety was put upon tho market
too soon. 1t lacks fixity Of type. At
least those which we have sown do.
for we find bects Of all shapes and
colors mixed with those of the shape
claimed for this sort These odd
shaped ones evidently are not mix
lures but variations. and some time
and patience arc needed to get the
Eclipse into tho uniform habits as the
Egyptian shows.
1t is a great pity we can not get m
early variety Of sugar corn that will
succeed south Of Mason and Dixon's
line. For many years tried every
new sort offered. but with uniform
failure. The only exception was
moderate success one season with the
Black Mexican. which. by the bye, is rs
good corn as was ever eaten. We
have settled down to the conclusion
that We can not have early sweet corn
in this latitude. and 30 No have to
make ourselves content with the little
Adams Early. the '.Neck corn" of the
Baltimore market growers. This is q
dwarf growing early dent and makes
poor roasting ears" in comparison
with sweet corn. But to those who
can wait in patience we can offer the
best of all corn-the Stowell's Ever
green followed by the still later but
unsurpassed Hyde's Egyptian. II We
could only find an early variety Of
sweet corn which would succeed in
this climate our happiness in this re-
spect would be complete. But then
there arc 80 many things We can grow
better here than our Northern friends
suppose we shall have to be content
to leave them in the enjoyment Of the
early sweet corn. while we enjoy our
tomotocs. egg plants and sweet pota-
toes weeks ahead Of them.
Speaking Of sweet potatoes we have
no doubt they can be grown in many
localities North. but those who know
only the Northcrn-grown article have
but faint idea Of what . sweet pota-
to is when matured In the warm cli-
mate. Even thus far south there is .
great difference in the tubers pro-
duced in different localities Here in
the foothills Of the Blue Ridge We grow
good crops in sandy places on our
bottom lands. but our mountain-grown
potatoes bear no comparison in quail
~ to those raised in the sandy. piney-
woods country bordering on the tide
water rivers and bay. Jerseymen
think they grow sweet potato"s on
their sandy Soils and 80 they do 50
far as quantity and appearance GO
but natives OF the Eastern shore would
throw aside . jersey potato as not
worth eating. The Jerscyman ma
nurcs his sweet potatoes with animal
manure. The Eastern shore man
knows that nothing SO surely destroys
their quality. All he wants for the
production Of large and lus-
cious crops Is to have the run Of
piece Of pine forest A
heavy coat Of the half-decayed pine
skaters" or tags" on q piece of
mellow upland gives him better.
product that can b had from city
MANURE The vines viii not 50 rank "
cover the ground. but the tubcrs will
be then Of unsurpassed quality. Ut
varieties the one known here rs Red
Nose. from the reddish-brown freckles
on the top end Of the tuber. Is the best
Of the yellow sorts. but it requires .
longer season than the Nausemond that
the Jersey growers use. For Northern
localities ! am Of the opinion that the
yam known - Southern Queen. or
among the Norfolk truckers as Hay
man. is the best. It ID early and pro-
ductive and is the best keeper Of all
sweet potatoes lhave kept them In an
ordinary frost-proof cellar along with
Irish potatoes where the yellow sweets
will not keep at Ill. ! feel sure that
Northern growers would get satisfac-
ton out Of this variety. r. " (Ns-
gj1ia), IN AnsericdS Garden.
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